Wolverine Reel Converter Scanner to Convert Film into Digital Videos. Frame by Frame Scanning to Convert 3 inch and 5 inch 8mm Super 8 Film reels into 720P Digital

Works fine. Been able to watch my father's old movies once again!!!

This is one of the most amazing gadget-ty things I have ever owned. YES, there IS a $2500 device you can buy that performs this task more professionally, but I guarantee you it comes no where near achieving ten times the quality of the result. Reading other reviews, I find that buyers were not careful to know what they are buying.Before I expound on that, let me state that I am just DELIRIOUSLY happy to own this thing!Okay! Other reviewers complain as follows: It does not capture audio. It is limited to 5 inch reels. It is limited to 720p scan resolution. The files it creates play back at 30 frames per second (too fast). It only creates mp4 files which are grainy and the video runs too fast. There are many other complaints.There is nothing inherently “grainy” about mp4 files. Graininess on amateur film video is generally from an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit that is trying to compensate for the fact that you are failing to provide enough light for what you are recording. This problem is most over with respect to modern gear which simply does not require the type of illumination that was necessary in home movies and early camcorders….and of course, there is nothing about mp4 files that make them play back at a different speed. What is wrong with 720p? It still looks pretty good on our big screen TVs! Do you think there is much more to capture on a tiny frame of 8mm film?READ the sales information carefully, and none of this should surprise you, and NONE of this is really a problem when you consider that the savings on the first 10 videos you digitize will pay for the cost of this machine. I used the (recently ubiquitous) services of the most visible provider of this service. The results were fine, but I waited a few weeks and paid a lot of money. I since redid a couple of my films myself and the results were EASILY as clear and watchable. Yes, the default playback speed of the videos you create gives you a pretty fast video, but when you use the common software video players, they almost all give you an opportunity to slow it down. I recommend .6 of the recorded speed. If you burn dvds, editors such as Corel VideoStudio and most others will let you CREATE a DVD that plays back at the proper speed without needing any special tweak by the person you send it to.Reading other reviews, it sounds like this machine might not be as sturdy as a Sherman tank. I recommend you do not use it for rewinding. Just rewind by hand with the help of a pencil. Save the motor for the more important use during processing. Keep it clean. Follow the directions about keeping dust out of the little place where the frames are squared up for having their picture taken. To me, with proper use, this should last a pretty long time, and should be fixable for most little minor things that might happen. Most end users would not even need the machine once they have gotten through all of their archival videos. At that point, you can probably sell it online and recover some of your costs.The little 13 page owners manual is very well done, and obviously has ENGLISH as its primary language.Just understand that you should be very cautious and careful with this. If you do that, you will be stupendously delighted as am I. Don't try to compare it feature by feature with devices that cost a four digit number!I could go on further, but there is probably a maximum review length. Ask me questions if you like - I think there is a way you can do that! I am a big fan.John in Wisconsin

I waited until I had digitized 100 movies before writing this review.A couple of months ago we inherited about 6000 feet spread over 80 spools of 8mm movies shot in the 1930's and 1940s. Later we were given another 20 super-8 spools from the 70's. My first thought was to get these professionally digitized, but even the cheapest service was going to be several hundred dollars and probably a lot more so I instead looked into doing it myself. I tend to buy good equipment, and was looking for prosumer level options, but found very little out there. Basically there was this unit, and the next cheapest choices was $1200 and it only did super-8.The unit itself feel pretty cheap, and I was concerned that it would not last the length of my project, especially after reading some reviews on an 8mm film enthusiast website. While plastic-y and light weight, it has not missed a beat in my 100 spools.The operation is pretty simple:(1) Pop a 32 gb SD card in the back of the unit (32 GB is as large as it will take and will hold over 200 50 foot movies)(2) Using canned air, or the included puffer brush, clean the light table(3) Thread the movie using the lines printed on the unit.(4) carefully place the film under the two tabs near the light table and close the carrier(5) Push start(6) Go do something else, because this is going to be over 30 minutes for a 50 foot reel. It will automatically stop after it runs out of film but you do tend to get a few seconds of white at the end of your movie which you can ignore or edit out using software(6) Take the card to your computer and upload to youtube, or first convert to 16/18fps using software. I just directly uploaded the files to YouTube and watched them at 75 percent speed which was finePros:Works! Makes very acceptable quality files that upload directly to YouTube (you can first convert/edit them)Very easy to learnStand alone, no need to connect it to a computer until you need to transfer the filesFor me, a solid unit that did the job at the fraction of the cost of sending them outWorks with either 8mm or super-8 moviesCons:Doesn't encode sound (some super-8 had sound)30 frame per second is not the same as the original movie, so you need to slow down the playback or convert using softwareFlimsy feeling, need to handle delicatelyThis model maxes out at 200 foot movies, although they have a new unit (pro) that can do longer ones. Keep in mind though that most home movies are 50 feet.Overall would I recommend it? I recommend you do the math. Costco has the cheapest service I could find for digitizing. $19.95 for the first 150 feet then 13 cents per foot thereafter. If you only have 30 or so movies to do, and never plan to shoot anymore (lol) it might make more sense to send them out. if you have a lot of movies, this will get the job done with a nice quality result for a fairly reasonable price. One thing I do recommend though is to GET IT DONE. These movies were excellent, and I wish very much that it had been done when the shooter was still alive. These movies have been sitting in a box for decades and now people are enjoying them again. I was able to share the videos with a history group of the town he grew up in, and they really enjoy these glimpses into the past.